2003 Shinjuku local election

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Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003, [1] as part of the 15th unified local elections.

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Candidates

Incumbents

Newcomers

Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male Jirō Nemoto (根本 二郎, Nemoto Jirō) and 39-year-old male Kenji Yamaguchi (山口 健二, Yamaguchi Kenji), were previously in this office. [2]

Results

Summary of the April 27, 2003 Shinjuku Ward Assembly election results
PartiesVotes%Seats
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō)9
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)9
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)8
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)3
New Socialist Party 1
Independents 8
Total (turnout 40.52%)91,293100.0038
Source: Official results Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

Candidate results

2003 Shinjuku local election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hidetaka Enoki 3,327
Komeito Masao Toyoshima 2,622
Liberal Democratic Haruo Shimomura 2,517
Liberal Democratic Kenichi Yoshizumi 2,468.65
Komeito Tsuyako Akaba 2,425
Communist Noriaki Kawamura 2,411
Komeito Yukie Suzuki 2,353
Komeito Masako Komatsu 2,343
Komeito Toshirō Arima 2,318
Komeito Iwao Yamazoe 2,306
Komeito Michio Obata 2,258
Komeito Masaaki Sometani 2,237
Komeito Sumiko Kumagai 2,158
Communist Natsuko Kondō 2,120
Democratic Gōsuke Kubo 2,113
Communist Ayumi Sawada 2,112
Independent Masami Inotsume 2,069
Democratic Yūichirō Shida 2,061
Communist Sanae Abe 2,007
Independent Takeshi Nodzu 1,942.59
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Akita 1,941
Social Democratic Tatsuo Kawano 1,935
New Socialist Toshiyuki Yamada 1,866
Liberal Democratic Kōhei Kuwabara 1,863
Communist Takehiko Amemiya 1,812
Liberal Democratic Fumiaki Noguchi 1,806
Independent Jirō Nemoto 1,797
Liberal Democratic Toshifumi Miyasaka 1,748
Communist Tamie Azami 1,723
Communist Norihide Tanaka 1,688
Communist Masao Matsugaya 1,586
Democratic Kimiko Ono 1,582
Liberal Democratic Toshihiko Ogura 1,553
Communist Tsuyako Kasai 1,527
Independent Masayuki Nasu 1,522
Liberal Democratic Toshisada Fukazawa 1,440
Independent Junichi Urushibara 1,397
Independent Teruhisa Asō 1,389
Liberal Democratic Kenji Yamaguchi1382
Liberal Democratic Yoshihiko Nakamura1362
Independent Takeshi Sahara1337.41
Liberal Democratic Haruo Yoshizumi1250.35
Independent Isamu Gonnami1225
Independent Hideo Kami1128
Independent Akihiko Kawade1060
Democratic Shōtarō Ōki1020
Independent Kazuharu Tsubuki977
Independent Kimihiro Matsukawa736
Independent Haruji Ishioka369
Independent Akihiko Henmi340
Liberal Democratic Kōzō Muramatsu
Turnout 40.52

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References

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